Lubricating device.



W. J. DOZIER.

LUBRICATING DEVICE- APPLlCATlON FILED JUNE 16, I916.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

34 4mm M @691 I Gum/M 3 llNllEE %TATE% PATENT "WASHINGTON J. DOZIER, OF EHREN, FLORIDA. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 10 3. 1V1. XVEEKS, OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND ONE-HALF T0 EV. A. GGIFJEB AND GEORGE BROAD- HUB/ST, BOTH OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. FLORIDA.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

Application filed June 16, 1916.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVAsmNe'roN J. DOZIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ehren, in the county of Pasco and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lubricating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a lubricating derice and more particularly to device which is especially adapted for use in journal boxes on railroad cars although its improved construction enables the device to be used for lubricating shafting.

T he primary object of the invention is to provide a lubricating device which is so con structed that it may be arranged in the journal boxes of railroad cars and employed to hold waste or wicking in contact with the journals on the car axles so that the oil in the journal boxes may be supplied to the journals in a satisfactory manner while the quantity of waste or wicking now employed for this purpose may be greatly reduced.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lubricating device which is so constructed that the absorbent material used to transfer the oil from the bottom of the ournal box to the journal on the axle may be quickly and easily connected therewith and held in contact with the journal on the axle under all conditions.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a lubricating device which is so constructed as to enable the quantity of absorbent material for transferring the oil from the journal box to the car axle to be in creased or diminished according to the length of the journal on the car axle so that the journal throughout its length will be .evenly oiled.

With these and other objects in View, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, although no restriction is necessarily made to the precise details of construction therein shown, as changes, altera tions, and modifications, within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

Like characters of reference denote corre- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2-6, 19916.

Serial No. 104,044.

sponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through a journal box and showing the improved lubricating device ar ranged within the box and in position to lubricate the journal on the axle associated with the box. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 on the line 3-8 of Fig. 1. Fig. i is a horizontal sectional view on the line l& of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View through the clamp which holds the absorbent material used in connection with the lubricating device.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the nun'ieral 1 designates a journal box of the type now in common use, said journal box having extending therein the journal portion 2 of an axle 3, said ournal portion 2 contacting with the bearing block 4 arranged in the usual manner in the journal box.

The improved lubricating device desig nated in the drawing by the numeral includes spaced and rectangular shaped clamping plates 6 and 7 extending longitudinally of the journal box 1 for a portion of its length and arranged beneath the journal 2 of the axle 3.

The plate 6 is provided with a pair of laterally extending rods 8 passing through transversely extending openings 9 in the plate 7, while the plate 7 is provided between its ends with a rod 10 loosely passing through an opening 11 in the plate 6.

Mounted upon the rods 8 for contact with the other face of the plate 7 are coiled expansion springs 12 also contacting with nuts 13 threadedly engaged with the rods 8 and enabling the springs 12 to exert an influence upon the plate 8 tending to move the same toward the plate 6, so that when absorbent material is arranged between the plates it will be firmly clamped by the plates 6 and 7 under the influence of the springs 12, such clamping action of the plates 6 and 7 being regulated through the adjustment of the nuts 13 on the rods 8.

By arranging the rods 8 and 10 as described, it will be seen that the rods extend beyond the plates 6 and 7, so that when the device is arranged within a journal box, the free ends of the rods are arranged in close proximityto the side walls of the journal ner, the larger end of the spring extending below the bottom edge of the wicking and contacting with the bottom of the journal box, so that the spring 15 serves as a yieldable support for the plates 6 and 7 and at all times holds the waste or wick ing; in contact with the journal 2 of the axle 3.

Through the above described manner of connecting the spring 15 with the rod 10, it will beseen that the portion of the wasteor wicking which extends below the plates 6 and 7 is spread out so that it contacts with a larger area of the floor of the journal box than would otherwise occur if a helical spring were not used as a yieldable support and thereby insures the oil beingcarried by the waste or wicking to the journal in a satisfactory manner.

lVhen it is desired to use the device for supplying oil to the journals of car axles, it will be seen with reference to the drawing that the plates 6 and 7 maybe spread apart against the influence of the springs 12, so that a quantity of absorbent material may be arranged between said plates and to extend above and below the same so that when the plates 6 and 7 are released the absorbent material will be firmly clamped between the plates in'order that the spring 15 may hold the portion of the absorbent'material which extends above the plates into contact with the journal 2 of the axle 3.

From the foregoing statements, it will be seen that the absorbent material may be quickly inserted between the plates 6 and'7 or removed therefrom and that the quantity of absorbent material may be increased or diminished according to -the length of the journal on the axle so that the same may be satisfactorily oiled through the use of the device.

When the accompanying drawing is taken in connection with the foregoing description, it is at once apparent that a lubricating device for journal boxes has been provided which is simple in construction, therefore able support arranged at right angles to said plates and having an end connected therewith.

2. A device of the class described comprising a plate,-rods extending laterally from one side of said plate, a second'plate movably mounted on said rods, springs on the rods bearing against the second'mentioned plate and co-acting therewith and with" the first mentioned plate in providing a clamp, absorbent material interposed'between said plates, and a yieldable support connected with the plates and having an end extending beyond the same for contact'with a support. 3. A device of the class described comprisinga plate, rods extending laterally from one side of-said plate, expansion springs carried by said rods, a second; plate movably mounted on said rodsand contacting with said springs to co-act with the first men tioned plate in providing a clamp, absorbent material interposed-between said plates, a rod on the second mentioned plate extending through and beyond the first mentioned plate, and a yieldable support having an end arranged between said plates andconnected with the rod on the second mentioned plate.

1. A device of the class described comprising a plate having an opening therein, rods extending laterally from one side of said plate upon opposite sides ofsaid opening, a second plate movably mounted on said rods, a rod carried by the second mentioned plate and extending'through the opening in the first mentioned plate, actuating members for the second mentioned plate "mounted upon the first mentione'd'rod, absorbentmaterial interposed between said plates, and a. helical expansion spring having its smaller end interposed between said plates and connected with'the rod'onthe movable plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WASHINGTON J. DOZIER;

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